17th century Italian school

Italian school of the 17th century.
"Putto".
Oil on canvas.
The painting has losses.
Measurements: 90 x 61 cm.

The little angel represented in the canvas in tender turns his back to the viewer, which indicates that it could have been part of a larger set in which other putti flitted.
The "putto" is an element taken from Roman iconography, which in the Baroque period came to be considered the representation of the omnipresence of God. In Antiquity they were related to the Roman genii and the Greek daemons, and were frequent in artistic representations related to Dionysus. From the Renaissance onwards, this bacchic sense of the "putto" was taken up again, but a Christian interpretation prevailed. Thus, artists represented them as musical angels in religious scenes, and as companions of the classical gods in mythological scenes. However, despite their symbolic meanings, the "putti" are above all used as decorative elements, related to peace, prosperity, joy and leisure.